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SB1871 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012
SB1871

Introduced 2/10/2011, by Sen. Kwame Raoul

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

625 ILCS 5/15-117
    Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Global Positioning System Technology and the Designated Truck Route System Task Force.

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A BILL FOR

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1     AN ACT concerning transportation.

2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:

4     Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
5 Section 15-117 as follows:

6     (625 ILCS 5/15-117)
7     Sec. 15-117. Global Positioning System Technology and the
8 Designated Truck Route System Task Force.
9     (a) A Global Positioning System Technology and ~~and~~ the
10 Designated Truck Route System Task Force shall be appointed to
11 study and make recommendations for statutory change.
12     (b) The Task Force shall study advances in and utilization
13 of Global Positioning System (GPS) technology relating to
14 routing information for commercial vehicles. The Task Force
15 shall also study the implementation and compliance with the
16 Designated Truck Route System under Section 15-116 of this
17 Code.
18     (c) The Task Force shall be composed of the following
19 members, who shall serve without pay:
20         (1) one member of the Senate appointed by the President
21     of the Senate;
22         (2) one member of the Senate appointed by the Minority
23     Leader of the Senate;

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1         (3) one member of the House of Representatives
2     appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
3         (4) one member of the House of Representatives
4     appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of
5     Representatives;
6         (5) the Secretary of the Illinois Department of
7     Transportation or his or her designee;
8         (6) one member representing the global positioning
9     system technology industry appointed by the President of
10     the Senate;
11         (7) one member representing the commercial trucking
12     industry appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate;
13         (8) one member representing a unit of county government
14     appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
15         (9) one member representing a unit of municipal
16     government appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of
17     Representatives; and
18         (10) one member representing the county engineers
19     appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of
20     Representatives.
21     The members shall select a chairperson from among
22 themselves.
23     (d) The Task Force shall meet within 60 days of the
24 effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General
25 Assembly and meet at least 2 additional times before December
26 31, 2010. Staff support services may be provided to the Task

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1 Force by the Illinois Department of Transportation.
2     (e) The Task Force shall submit to the Governor and General
3 Assembly a report of its findings and recommendations for
4 legislative action necessary to accomplish one or more of the
5 following goals: (1) improving public traffic safety, (2)
6 preserving roadway infrastructure, (3) addressing advances in
7 GPS technology relating to truck routing, and (4) producing an
8 accurate statewide designated truck route system through
9 effective enforcement of Section 15-116 of this Code. The Task
10 Force report must be submitted no later than January 1, 2011.
11 The activities of the Task Force shall conclude no later than
12 January 31, 2011.
13 (Source: P.A. 96-1370, eff. 7-28-10.)

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